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Sahih Muslim, 353
sahih

'Urwa reported on the authority of'A'isha, the wife of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), saying this:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said. Perform ablution (after eating) anything touched by fire.

قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، وَأَنَا أُحَدِّثُهُ، هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ ‏.‏ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ، مِمَّا مَسَّتِ النَّارُ فَقَالَ عُرْوَةُ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

‏ تَوَضَّئُوا مِمَّا مَسَّتِ النَّارُ ‏

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Isnad

2 transmitters
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 3, Hadith 111
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 3, Hadith 688 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
The Prophet (ﷺ) was keen to teach his companions the invalidators of ablution, especially things that may have produced unpleasant smell such as foods cooked by fire. It may be fragrant or rich. As a result, a Muslim may need to perform ablution accordingly. In this hadith, Saeed ibn Khaled ibn Amr ibn Uthman asked Urwa ibn Az-Zubeir about performing ablution due to eating what was cooked by fire. Urwa answered, "I heard Aisha, the Prophet's wife, said, 'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, 'Perform ablution due to eating what is cooked by fire.'" This hadith may mean either: (1) To perform Ablution after eating something cooked by fire, or (2) To wash our mouths and hands after eating something cooked by fire. There are other Prophetic hadiths that confirmed that there was no need to perform ablution after eating something cooked by fire. In the two Sahih books, Ibn Abbas narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) ate a sheep's shoulder then prayed without repeating his ablution. In Sunan Abu Dawud and Sunan An-Nasa'i, Jaber said, "The last of the two matters that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to do was to leave off ablution due to eating something cooked by fire." Additionally, it was authentically narrated that the Prophet's command was abrogated and his last teaching before his death in this case was to leave off ablution due to eating something cooked by fire..
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